Ironing-board



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' G. R. KIDDBR.

IRONING BOARD,

Patented Nov. 20

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GEORGE R. KIDDER, OF IMLAY CITY, MICHIGAN.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 393,245, dated November 20, 1888.

Application filed March 10, 1888.

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE It. KIDDER, of Imlay City, in the county of Lapeer and State of Michigan, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Ironing-Boards, of which the following is specification.

My invention consists in an improved ironing-board, hereinafter fully shown and described.

Figure 1 is a longitudinal section on the line m m, Fig. 2; and Fig. 2 is a bottom plan View.

A represents one end of an ordinary table, and B represents a narrow pointed board, commonly called an ironing-board.

0 represents a cleat fastened to the under side of the ironing-board B, near the broad end thereof, which is substantially as thick as the tabletop A.

F represents a clamp pivoted to clcat C in any convenient manner.

A cheap and easy way of pivoting the clamp F to the cleat C is to bore a hole through the clamp, enlarging this hole somewhat toward the lower surface of the clamp, as shown in Fig. 1, and then fastening the clamp to the cleat by a screw-bolt, D, and washer E. I prefer to make the end of the clamp F to project somewhat beyond the end of the board B, as shown in the drawings, to facilitate at- 0 taching the board to the table A. The other end of-the clamp F is bifurcated, having two arms, 0 O, carrying between their ends the roller L, mounted on pin M.

I represents a cleat secured 'to the under side of the board B, near its tapering end, and H represents a leg attached to cleat I by an ordinary hinge, J.

G represents a piece of wood secured to leg II by an ordinary hinge, K, and having its other end made in the form of a curved wedge, as clearly shown in Fig. 1, lying above the Serial No. 267,068. (No model.)

roller L and adapted to play in the slot between the arms 0 O.

The operation of my invention is as follows: The leg H being folded up, the end of the ironing-board is presented to the edge of the table A in such manner as to embrace the tabletop between the clamp F and the under side of the board B. This operation is facilitated by bringing the projecting end of the clamp against the under side of the table-top, thus forming a guide. The leg H is then let down to support the other end of the board B, and this causes the curved wedged endof the piece G to depress the roller L, thereby forcing the clamp F tightly against the under side of the table-top and holding the ironing-board B firmly to the table. It will thus be seen that the ironing-board is supported at one end by the table and near the other end by leg H, so that it is firm. To remove the ironing-board from the table, all that is necessary is to fold up the leg II, when the clamp Flets go of the table-top and the board may be readily re moved.

What I claim as my invention, and dcsire to GEORGE E, KIDDER.

lVitnesses:

GEo. R. MANWARING, J. R. SHANK. 

